The five Wolves each placed in the top 15 to dominate the boys' race on a stormy Saturday morning at the St. Joseph's Academy Invitational at Highland Road Park, with Catholic-Baton Rouge's 101 points the closest competition to their 35.

"We've had our eyes on this season for a long time," Albright said. "We have the same group guys growing up together, working out together. Our core group is all seniors, and we're ready to send a message this year … We've been winning 'em all kind of like this."

St. Paul's runners know they have a chance to perform at that level throughout this season, particularly if Coston and other younger runners can continue performances similar to Saturday's.

"My goal is to try and catch him," Coston. "He's certainly running outstanding times. I'm glad to have him as a training partner and a teammate … I'm gradually catching up to him as the races go by."

"We got back one of our top runners in Kraemer Jackson, who's been dealing with some injuries," Zachary Albright said. "He's still not where he's going to be at the end of the season. We're looking to have an awesome year."

Brother Martin (105), John Curtis (148) and Episcopal-Baton Rouge (153) rounded out the boys' top five team finishes.

Episcopal senior Bryan Stamey (15:47.12) followed Coston to claim third place, and fellow Baton Rouge area standout Zach Capello took fourth at 15:57.84.

"I felt coming in off of a good, lengthy 5k last week, coming off a 16:08, I was thinking I could come here and run a 15:30," Capello said. "I get here, and it starts raining, and our team decides that we're going to make the most out of this meet and make it fun, so my strategy changed when it started raining to a slower approach, so that when my feet got heavy with the water, I could push through at the end.

"It cleared out right before the varsity race, so I decided to try to get out better than I did a couple weeks ago, and it ended up working pretty good. I was at about 10th or 20th at the 800(-meter mark), and I came in fourth."

Devyn Keith (15:59.34) led Curtis at No. 5.

Jeffrey Kelley (15:59:75) and James Claitor (16:06.69) were Catholic's top finishers at No. 6 and 7 overall.

"They did a good job," Catholic Coach Pete Boudreaux said of his team. "St. Paul's is just an incredible team. They're just very good. I just love watching 'em run. I wouldn't mind if a few of 'em had an orange shirt on. They're a great team, and Terryl (Chatman) is a great coach.

"Shoot, I just enjoy watching them, but I'm really enjoying the progress we're making. I'm really pleased with where we are."